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Naomi Girma is women’s soccer’s first million-dollar player after moving to Chelsea from San Diego
Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea on Sunday. Chelsea announced the signing of Girma without disclosing the fee but The Athletic and the BBC were among those reporting the English champions have spent 900,000 pounds ($1.1...
Be brave. That’s what Madison Keys kept telling herself on way to winning Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Be brave. Go for it. Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion...
Penske’s pair of Porsches dominate as The Captain wins Rolex 24 at Daytona for 2nd consecutive year
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roger Penske started his 59th season in motorsports the same way he closed last year — as a champion. Porsche Penske Motorsport on Sunday won the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the second consecutive year, and third time overall, to continue the domination “The Captain” flexed...
Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev in 3 sets for his 2nd Australian Open title in a row
MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s all sorts of ways beyond merely the score to measure just how dominant Jannik Sinner was while outplaying and frustrating Alexander Zverev during the 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory Sunday that earned the 23-year-old Italian a second consecutive Australian Open championship. The zero break points Sinner...
Australian Open: Madison Keys upsets 2-time champion Aryna Sabalenka in women’s final for 1st Grand Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the trophy that goes to the women’s champion and was placed on a pedestal near the entrance to...
Australian Open: Madison Keys can win her first Slam title and stop Aryna Sabalenka’s 3-peat
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Madison Keys who will play two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open on Saturday night is not the same Madison Keys who was the runner-up at the U.S. Open back in 2017, the one other time the American participated in a...
Novak Djokovic quits mid-match and walks off to boos, putting Alexander Zverev in Australian Open final vs. Jannik Sinner
MELBOURNE, Australia — Spectators booed an injured Novak Djokovic as he left the court in Rod Laver Arena after quitting one set into his Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday. Dealing with what he said was a torn muscle, Djokovic lost the opening set 7-6 (5) when he...
LeBron James picked for 21st straight All-Star Game, extending NBA recordVideo
LeBron James is extending his All-Star records. The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises. James is now officially an All-Star for the 21st year. The other starters: — New...
NBA still talking about expanding its footprint in Europe, Adam Silver saysVideo
PARIS — The NBA is still exploring ways to expand its role in European basketball, and those talks with FIBA and other stakeholders will continue, commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday. That means there’s no deal yet. But Silver, speaking before the start of the NBA Paris Games between San Antonio...
Australian Open: Madison Keys upsets Iga Swiatek, will face Aryna Sabalenka in the final
MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, saving a match point along the way, the 29-year-old American crouched on the court and placed a hand on her...
Zack Steffen plays 1st U.S. match in nearly 3 years in 3-0 friendly win over Costa RicaVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Goalkeeper Zack Steffen played his first international match in nearly three years, Brian White and Caden Clark scored their first national team goals and the United States beat Costa Rica 3-0 on Wednesday night in the Americans’ second straight friendly without Europe-based players. White scored in the...
Australian Open semis feature Iga Swiatek-Madison Keys, Jannik Sinner-Ben SheltonVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013. Swiatek’s latest lopsided win came via a 6-1, 6-2 scoreline in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday. The No. 2-seeded Swiatek not...
Djokovic beats Alcaraz at Australian Open, getting closer to 25th Grand Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic refused to let anything stop his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam trophy in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Not a problem with his left leg. Not an early deficit. And not the kid across the net, Carlos Alcaraz, who was making things difficult and...
Coco Gauff loses to Paula Badosa in the Australian Open quarterfinalsVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff’s forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain, 7-5, 6-4. Gauff entered the match at Rod...
Coco Gauff loses to Paula Badosa in Australian Open quarterfinals
MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff’s forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-4. Gauff entered the match at Rod...
Austria’s Sepp Straka cruises to a 2-shot victory over Justin Thomas at The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sepp Straka had never entered a final round with a lead on the PGA Tour until Sunday. In his two previous victories, he had to charge from far behind on the final day with no time to feel the nerves that roiled his stomach from the...
Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on a TV camera at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — American tennis star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home, writing on a TV camera lens “RIP TikTok USA” and drawing a broken heart right after winning a match at the Australian Open to reach the quarterfinals. Gauff’s 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Belinda...
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka moves into the Australian Open quarterfinalsVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, where she is three wins from achieving something no woman has done since the 1990s. The two-time defending champion extended her winning streak at Melbourne Park to 18 matches with a 6-1, 6-2 win over 14th-seeded Mirra...
Jimmy Butler returns from suspension, plays for Miami Heat
MIAMI — Jimmy Butler got introduced to the Miami Heat crowd for the first time in two weeks Friday night. Not everyone seemed thrilled. It was a mixed reaction — some cheers and definitely some boos, the latter of which is unusual for the home team to be hearing during...
Iga Swiatek rolls past Emma Raducanu at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu on Saturday. Swiatek won the final 11 games of the match to beat 2021 U.S. Open champion...
Shohei Ohtani is giving $500,000 for fire relief. Here’s how other LA sports figures are helping.
LOS ANGELES — The local sports community has reached out to help those impacted by the massive wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles County for more than a week. The area’s 12 major professional sports teams — Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Clippers, Sparks, Rams, Chargers, Kings, Ducks, Galaxy, LAFC...
Title IX memo throws wrench in plans for schools to pay NIL money directly to athletes
NASHVILLE — Plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX, the Department of Education said in guidance issued Thursday that adds more confusion to the shifting landscape in college sports. The nine-page memo from the department’s Office for...
Defending Australian Open champ Aryna Sabalenka advances
MELBOURNE, Australia — It wasn’t often pretty, but two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended a few impressive streaks Friday while becoming one of the first players to advance to the fourth round of the year’s opening Grand Slam tournament. In a tougher-than-expected match, Sabalenka beat Clara Tauson, 7-6...
Gus Williams, who led Sonics to NBA championship, dies at 71
SEATTLE — Gus Williams, the point guard “Wizard” who helped lead the SuperSonics to their only NBA championship in 1979, died Wednesday nearly five years after suffering a stroke. He was 71. Nicknamed “the Wizard” for his combo of speed, athleticism and scoring, Williams spent six seasons of his NBA...
Tiger Woods makes indoor golf debut and finds humor in blowout loss, noting ‘how bad pros can be’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods was the sixth and final player to emerge from the tunnel and onto the field of play for his TGL debut on Tuesday night. No one announced his name. Wasn’t necessary. Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” blared and that was more than enough...
